The Alienist

The internationally bestselling historical thriller, now a major Netflix series starring Luke Evans, Dakota Fanning and Daniel Brühl.Some things never change.New York City, 1896. Hypocrisy in high places is rife, police corruption commonplace, and a brutal killer is terrorising young male prostitutes.Unfortunately for Police Commissioner Theodore Roosevelt, the psychological profiling of murderers is a practice still in its infancy, struggling to make headway against the prejudices of those who prefer the mentally ill - and the \'alienists\' who treat them - to be out of sight as well as out of mind.But as the body count rises, Roosevelt swallows his doubts and turns to the eminent alienist Dr Laszlo Kreizler to put a stop to the bloody murders - giving Kreizler a chance to take him further into the dark heart of criminality, and one step closer to death.\'An ingenious thriller\'Independent\'Gripping, atmospheric, intelligent, and entertaining\'USA Today\'Richly atmospheric . . . You can smell the fear\'New York Times Σελίδες: 544, Έτος Έκδοσης: 0424, Διαστάσεις: 14.4x14.4cm